Fence



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r B. A. WELDS.

Fence.

No. 237,220. Patented Feb-1,1881.

MPEI'ERS, PHOTO LITHOGRAPHEIL WASHINGYON, D. C.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

BENJAMIN A. WELDS, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,220, dated February1, 1881.

Application filed May 31, 1880. (No' model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN'A. WELDS, ofJackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have inventedan Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention, which is supplemental to that for whichLetters Patent were granted me, numbered 220,892, and dated October 21,1879, relates to certain new and useful improvements in the constructionof rail-fences; and the invention consists of the peculiar constructionof various parts, Whereby the corners are bound together, more fullyhereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specificationand shows my invention in perspective, A A represent the two sections ofa rail-fence built up in the ordinary manner. To bind the cornerssecurely together I pass a wire loop, B, around the end of one of thelower rails, as at A, and around the end of one of the upper rails, saidloop being about equal in size to the height of the fence. I then insertone end of the locking-lever O in of the wood-and the loop becomeineffective Y or loose, it is only necessary to release the tie b, andby further twisting'the rod C within the loop to take up the slackrestore it to a locked position.

What I claim as my invention is In a Worm rail-fence, the wire loop B,embr acing the intersecting ends of the rails formin g thefence-sections, combined with the locking-lever G, secured in the upperportion of the loop B, and resting, when in a locked position, in thecorner formed by the intersecting rails, and with the wire or tie b,which secures the locking-lever G to the loop B upon the opposite sideof the fence, as specified.

BENJAMIN A. WELDS.

In presence of GEO. F. ANDERSON, S. MUSLINER.

